Funding of over €650 million under Horizon 2020 and €5.5 billion under the structural funds; Actions to reduce food waste including a common measurement methodology, improved date marking, and tools to meet the global Sustainable Development Goal to halve food waste by 2030; Development of quality standards for secondary raw materials to increase the confidence of operators in the single market; Measures in the Ecodesign working plan for 2015-2017 to promote reparability, durability and recyclability of products, in addition to energy efficiency; A revised Regulation on fertilisers, to facilitate the recognition of organic and waste- ...[+++]based fertilisers in the single market and support the role of bio-nutrients; A strategy on plastics in the circular economy, addressing issues of recyclability, biodegradability, the presence of hazardous substances in plastics, and the Sustainable Development Goals target for significantly reducing marine litter; A series of actions on water reuse including a legislative proposal on minimum requirements for the reuse of wastewater.

The policy options for developing a competitive Circular Economy in Europe will look at waste policy and beyond and address the full product lifecycle, taking into account the situation in all Member States. It will include actions on intelligent product design, reuse and repair of products, recycling, sustainable consumption, waste policy, recycling levels, smart use of raw materials, stronger markets for secondary raw materials and specific sectorial measures.

Getting most value from resources requires looking at all stages of the life cycle of products, from the extraction of raw materials through to product design, production, distribution and consumption; repair and re-use schemes; and waste management and increasing the use of secondary raw materials.

However, when whole fishery products handled in such vessels are used directly in the preparation of fish oil for human consumption, the raw material may be processed up to 36 hours without chilling after the catch or the loading on the vessel, provided that the fishery products still meet the freshness criteria.

1. Land set aside in the context of the direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may be used, in accordance with Article 55(b) and the first indent of Article 107(3) thereof, for producing raw materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption, under the conditions laid down in this Chapter.

Russian exports to the EU are dominated by exports of raw materials or raw-material based products, while imports consist mainly of food and light manufactures/consumer goods.